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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Beginnings: Arrival and Meeting Miss Winter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is significant about the name of the author, Vida Winter?
(a) The former owner of the bookstore was named Jacob Winter.
(b) "Vida" comes from the same root word as "vitality," meaning life.
(c) It is clearly a pen name, and her real name is a mystery.
(d) It is the same name as her father's relative.

2. The following is said about Vida Winter's appearance:
(a) She wears expensive rings and a jeweled tiara.
(b) She wears sunglasses, white makeup, red lipstick.
(c) She wears expensive, colorful rings but is otherwise clothed in black.
(d) She wears sunglasses, a bright pink scarf and white gloves.

3. What is the phrase from the letter Margaret has received that keeps running through Margaret's mind?
(a) "Authors are liars."
(b) "I need to find myself."
(c) "Tell me the truth."
(d) "You alone can help me."

4. Who meets Margaret at the door of Miss Winter's house?
(a) A young child who holds a large black dog on a leash.
(b) Judith, the housekeeper.
(c) A cranky, impolite butler named Jansen.
(d) Miss Winter, herself.

5. What physical feature on Vida Winter is distinctive?
(a) Her hair is a deep black except for thick streaks of silver and white.
(b) Her left arm has three burn marks; a cross-like symbol marks her, not unlike a brand.
(c) Her hand is badly scarred from fire; a mark like a Q was also embedded in the scar.
(d) She walks with a pronounced limp; one leg is signicantly shorter than the other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first question Margaret asks Vida WInter?

2. What is Margaret's opinion about Vida Winter's writing?

3. In the first interview, Margaret asks for three bits of information. What is the response to this from Vida Winter?

4. What is surprising about the appearance of the letter for Margaret?

5. At what age does Margaret discover she was a twin, and that this twin died at birth?

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